User`s guide
DELETE
/INFORMATION
Changes the severity level of the error message that displays when not all of the
input files you specified are found. If you do not use /INFORMATION, RT–11
displays an error message when it is unable to find an input file, and execution
halts after the command is processed. When you use /INFORMATION, RT–
11 displays an informational message to tell you which files it cannot find, but
execution continues.
In the following example, the input files FILE1.TXT and FILE3.TXT are deleted.
However, since RT–11 is unable to find DU1:FILE2.TXT, RT–11 displays a
message to inform you:
.DELETE/INFORMATION DU1:(FILE1,FILE2,FILE3).TXT
?PIP-I-File not found DU1:FILE2.TXT
/INTERCHANGE
Deletes from a diskette a file that is in interchange format. /WAIT is the only
option you can use with /INTERCHANGE.
/LOG
Lists on the terminal a log of the files that are deleted by the current command.
Note that if you specify /LOG, RT–11 does not ask you for confirmation before
execution proceeds (that is, /LOG implies /NOQUERY). Use both /LOG and
/QUERY to invoke logging and querying.
/NEWFILES
Deletes only the files that have the current system date. This is a convenient
way to remove all the files that you just created in a session at the computer.
The following example deletes the BAK files created today:
.DELETE/NEWFILES DU1:*.BAK
Files deleted:
DU1:MERGE.BAK ? Y
/POSITION[:sequence-number]
Allows you to move a magtape and perform an operation at the point you specify.
Omitting the sequence-number argument has the same effect as setting sequence-
number equal to 0.
The sequence-number is interpreted as the decimal sequence-number of files on
a magtape. The following table lists the operation initiated by each value of the
sequence-number specified with the /POSITION:sequence-number option.
Magtape DELETE Operations Specified with the /POSITION:sequence-number Option
Sequence-Number Operation
0 The magtape rewinds and RT–11 searches for the file you specify.
If you specify more than one file, or if you use a wildcard in the
file specification, the magtape rewinds before each search.
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